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Lucknow police cop once again caught drunk at public place
Lucknow: The habit of creating vulgarism at public places after consuming liquor has become regular practice of Uttar Pradesh police cops which has put whole police department and on its uniform in shameful state, a same kind of matter was reported recently from state capital where a police cop was caught in drunken state in a video that was getting viral on social media recently.
In most recent video that was getting viral on social media platform, in which a policeman who was caught dunked and was unable to handle which has raised many questions of Uttar Pradesh police department that how it was able to control crime in state when the whole department was not in state to control its police cops.
If we will talk about a case that was reported from Uttar Pradesh state capital Lucknow city recently, a uniform wearing policemen is soaked in alcohol and was not coming in control of anyone. Now, this is not a first kind of matter in this regards as many more such incident was reported earlier too.
Seeing the image of the police in the public, IG Range Sujit Kumar Pandey who has been imposed the ASP of all the six districts of Lucknow, including the Lucknow to mark the policemen drinking liquor habit has came into action.
Once again Lucknow police cop caught drunk at public place:
After which 1396 drunken policemen have been identified in all six districts of the Lucknow range. Those who have got punishment due to bad behavior from the public. Regardless, these policemen got intoxicated in liquor.
It is important to notice that Lucknow district has the highest number of drinking police personnel. Here, a total number of 350 drunken policemen have been identified who was caught drunk at public place when they were wearing their official uniform.
After this the number comes from Rae Bareli where 291 uniformed liquor has been caught doing duty in drunken state. Next comes the number of Unnao (268), Lakhimpur Kheri (240), Hardoi (143), Sitapur (104).
IG Range, Sujit Kumar Pandey said during a press conference that these drunken policemen will be given an opportunity to improve. He further mentioned that if any such police personals were again caught in alcohol drunken state during duty, then proceedings against them will be taken from suspension to dismissal.
Watch the video of our correspondent from our website ‘Aaj Ki Khabar’ spoken to former IG NK Shrivastav on this issue:
Entertainment
Meghalaya Reserves Legalized Gambling and Sports Betting for Tourists
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.